Meg Green: Freeloading brother-in-law is rocking the boat

The dilemma: My wife’s mother, 84 and single after a couple of divorces, moved into our home after she had surgery so my wife could help her get back on her feet. That was last summer.

Although she could easily go home, completely recovered, her one-bedroom apartment is being occupied by her son, my wife’s brother, who needed a quick place to land when he left his marriage after Thanksgiving. He’s completely moved in now, and has gotten comfortable there, and my mother-in-law is c...